3 Stocks Advancing The Media Industry

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 39 points (-0.2%) at 16,431 as of Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,317 issues advancing vs. 1,618 declining with 151 unchanged.

The Media industry currently sits down 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. A company within the industry that fell today was Twenty-First Century Fox ( FOXA), up 0.6%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3. Liberty Global ( LBTYA) is one of the companies pushing the Media industry higher today. As of noon trading, Liberty Global is up $0.84 (0.9%) to $89.44 on light volume. Thus far, 353,132 shares of Liberty Global exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $88.47-$89.44 after having opened the day at $88.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $88.60.

Liberty Global plc, an international cable company, provides television, broadband Internet, and telephony services. Liberty Global has a market cap of $19.7 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 0.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Liberty Global a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Liberty Global as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income and generally higher debt management risk. Get the full Liberty Global Ratings Report now.